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| Name | Sulphur (1826) | Explanation | |
| Type | Bomb vessel | ||
| Launched | 26 January 1826 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 375 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 10 | ||
| Fate | 1857 | ||
| Class | Fury | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1835 survey vessel. 1843 h.s. | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 25 September 1835 - 30 June 1836 | Commanded by Commander Frederick Willam Beechey, surveying in the Pacilic | ||
| 1 July 1836 - 13 February 1837 | Commanded by Acting Commander Henry Kellett, surveying in the Pacific | ||
| 12 November 1836 - 2 August 1842 | Commanded by Commander Edward Belcher, west coast of North and South America, later East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) | ||
| (January 1843) | Out of commission at Woolwich | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Sa 11 July 1835 | A new survey is intended to be made in the Pacific, under the conduct of Captain Beechey, who will hoist his pendant in the Sulphur. | ||
| Ma 17 August 1835 | The Sulphur, with the Starling cutter as her tender, is ordered to be fitted for the surveying service, to be commanded by Captain Beechy. | ||
| Ma 28 September 1835 | The Sulphur, surveying-ship, was commissioned to-day by Captain Beechey for the purpose of prosecuting and completing the surveys commenced by that scientific officer in the Pacific Ocean. The Sulphur and Starling cutter were undocked yesterday; the Aetna, surveying ship, and her tender, the Raven cutter, were docked; and the Madagascar, 42, was moved out of the basin. The Britannia, 120, will be undocked in ten days. | ||
| Ma 2 November 1835 | The Starling schooner has been commissioned by Lieutenant Henry Kellet, as a surveying vessel, and is to be under the orders of the Sulphur. The Raven cutter is also to be commissioned by a Lieutenant, and will be under the orders of the Aetna. | ||
| Ma 28 December 1835 | The Sulphur, surveying vessel, Captain Beechey, with her tender, the Swallow schooner, sailed on Tuesday last, for the South Seas. | ||
| Ma 27 June 1836 | The Sulphur, surveying vessel, Captain Beechey, was at St. Catherine's [don't know where this is] on the 3d of March, calking and refitting, preparatory to her voyage round Cape Horn | ||
| We 21 November 1838 | Portsmouth.— A report has been generally prevalent in this town during the past week that the crew of the Sulphur, employed surveying on the South American station, had mutinied and murdered their commanding officer, Captain Belcher. A letter has been received which speaks of the mutiny, and of its being suppressed by the firmness and fidelity of the marines of that ship, but no mention whatever is made of the death of the captain, which proves the report to be totally unfounded. The letter represents the conduct of the captain to have been harsh and cruel in the extreme to both officers and crew. — Hampshire Independent. | ||
| Th 22 November 1838 | In reference to a paragraph which was copied yesterday from the Hampshire Independent, describing a supposed mutiny on board of Her Majesty's ship Sulphur, we have ascertained that there is no foundation whatever either for that statement or the imputations against Captain Belcher, the commander, which appear in that statement. The circumstances which have occurred on board of that ship, and out of which the statement seems to have arisen, are as follow: - On the voyage of the Sulphur from Realizo to Lima, where she arrived in the beginning of July, some circumstances occurred between Mr. Collinson and the captain, which led to the former being placed under arrest; and similar conduct took place on the part of the surgeon, which led to the same result; and both gentlemen, on their arrival at Lima, applied for a court-martial, which the Admiral on the station was not able to grant, but a court of inquiry was appointed, which ended in a justification of Captain Belcher. The surgeon having expressed his contrition was reprimanded; Mr. Collinson was superseded, and is to be sent home; The voyage having been a long one; there was some discontent among the crew on account of a scarcity of provisions, and they desired a court of inquiry into the captain’s conduct, which was allowed, but the evidence of the parties proved that the captain had been kind and humane in the exercise of his duty. The court honourably acquitted him, and the commander-in-chief issued his public order to the squadron, to be read on board each ship, fully exonerating him. These facts are stated in a letter from Captain Belcher himself, which we have seen. | ||
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